SSID Settings

1 Jul 2009 12:00 AM

Patrick Whittle

I'm configuring a dual-band wireless D-Link router with two wireless network
names (SSID) ... one for the 5GHz band, and the other for 2.4GHz. Right now
my 5GHz band's name is "dlink_media" and I want to change it to have the
same name as the 2.4GHz band. Can the SSID on both bands be the same?

Is the 5GHz band mainly for "media" right now? I guess when Wireless-N @
5GHz leaves 'beta' stage, I will know for sure.

1 Jul 2009 12:57 AM

PA Bear [MS MVP]

[Excessive crossposting removed]

What did D-Link Support suggest?

Patrick Whittle wrote:
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> I'm configuring a dual-band wireless D-Link router with two wireless
> network
> names (SSID) ... one for the 5GHz band, and the other for 2.4GHz. Right
> now
> my 5GHz band's name is "dlink_media" and I want to change it to have the
> same name as the 2.4GHz band. Can the SSID on both bands be the same?
>
> Is the 5GHz band mainly for "media" right now? I guess when Wireless-N @
> 5GHz leaves 'beta' stage, I will know for sure.

1 Jul 2009 6:12 AM

Meinolf Weber [MVP-DS]

Hello Patrick,

This belongs to D-Link not MS newsgroups.

Best regards

Meinolf Weber
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> I'm configuring a dual-band wireless D-Link router with two wireless
> network names (SSID) ... one for the 5GHz band, and the other for
> 2.4GHz. Right now my 5GHz band's name is "dlink_media" and I want to
> change it to have the same name as the 2.4GHz band. Can the SSID on
> both bands be the same?
>
> Is the 5GHz band mainly for "media" right now? I guess when
> Wireless-N @ 5GHz leaves 'beta' stage, I will know for sure.
>

1 Jul 2009 6:21 PM

Singapore Computer Service

Hello,

Just go ahead and try. If it does not allow it, the router should inform you
with its own user input error checking functions. Or if you don't want to
risk it, contact D-Link support directly.

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"Patrick Whittle" <patrick_whit***@hotmail.com> wrote in message
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> I'm configuring a dual-band wireless D-Link router with two wireless
> network names (SSID) ... one for the 5GHz band, and the other for 2.4GHz.
> Right now my 5GHz band's name is "dlink_media" and I want to change it to
> have the same name as the 2.4GHz band. Can the SSID on both bands be the
> same?
>
> Is the 5GHz band mainly for "media" right now? I guess when Wireless-N @
> 5GHz leaves 'beta' stage, I will know for sure.
>